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Children's notice
This notice explains how therisk.global, the website of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and the platform sites published on it treat children and young people. The sites are written for adults and organisations working on risk, and they are not directed to children. They offer no accounts. The controller is The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada), and the privacy notice applies in full. This notice takes effect on 19 October 2026.
01Workspace
The workspace for children's notice.
Country programme console
Children's notice · Country programme A · Month 4 · Example interface, not a record
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Programme
- Formationdossier
- National Deskstaffed
- National Modelbuild
- Portfoliooptions
- Annual missiontest
- Reportedition
System coupling
dependency strength, 0 to 100
Example strengths a National Model replaces with estimates.
Evidence ledger
| Reservoir storage | OBSERVED | National Desk |
| Hydropower output | MODELLED | Technical office |
| Grid stress | SCENARIO | Technical office |
| Hospital continuity | ESTIMATED | Health ministry |
GCRI · Country programme console. Country programme console: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
02Minimum age
Who may send us information.
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Reading the sites
Anyone may read the public pages without giving personal information. Some pages discuss disasters, conflict, disease and other hazards in plain terms.
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Enquiries and forms
Enquiry forms and email routes are for people aged 16 and over. A younger person may write to us with the consent of a parent or guardian.
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Higher ages by law
Where the law of the place where you live sets a higher age for consent, that age applies, and a younger person writes with the consent of a parent or guardian: for example under 18 in India and South Africa. In Québec, information of a person under 14 is collected only with the consent of the person having parental authority, and the same age applies in China and the Republic of Korea.
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Contributions
Contributors under the contributor terms must be 18 or over, or contribute with the consent of a parent or guardian who accepts the terms for them.
03Protections
How information from young people is handled.
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Only to reply
Information from a person under 18 is used only to answer the message and keep a record of it, and is never published without the consent of a parent or guardian.
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No tracking
The sites carry no advertising, profiling or cross-site tracking for anyone, including children.
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Information sent without consent
If we learn that a child under 13, or under the higher age in their law, has sent personal information without the required consent, we answer only what safety requires and delete the information.
04Parents and safety
Rights of parents and guardians, and safeguarding.
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Parents and guardians
A parent or guardian may ask what we hold about their child, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, and withdraw consent, by writing to privacy@therisk.global.
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Safeguarding
A concern about the safety of a child connected with GCRI's work or spaces is handled first. Write to safeguarding@therisk.global, or see safeguarding and complaints. If a child is in immediate danger, contact the local emergency services.
05Questions
Questions and answers.
Can a student write to GCRI for a school project?
Yes. A student aged 16 or over may write directly; a younger student writes with the consent of a parent or guardian, or through a teacher.
Does the site use cookies to track children?
No. The sites use no advertising, analytics or cross-site tracking cookies for anyone.
How do I ask GCRI to delete my child's information?
Write to the privacy address on this page. We confirm your relationship to the child before acting.
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